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Andrew Fuller: Model Pastor-Theologian is unavailable, but you can change that!

In his day, practicing English pastor Andrew Fuller (1754-1815) was also the most prominent Baptist theologian on either side of the Atlantic Ocean. He remained influential via his thoughtful writings up until the American Civil War. Since then, however, the emphasis on theological and doctrinal depth in Baptist preaching (and preaching generally) has been in decline. Now scholars are looking...

Second, the mention of Fuller’s fellow pastor and dearest friend, John Ryland Jr., exemplifies the cooperative manner in which village preaching was carried out. Ryland also served as pastor nearby, at College Lane Baptist Church in Northampton. Plainly these men, and undoubtedly others from their close-knit Northamptonshire Baptist Association, coordinated their schedules. If the villages could not have preaching every Sunday, at least where the work was promising, they were able to provide it with